[CMake] HELP: CMake "cache" stuck after renaming project path

Oleksii Vilchanskyi oleksii.vilchanskyi at gmail.com
Mon Oct 23 08:25:49 EDT 2017


It would help if you have posted the exact error message you receive. 
Otherwise it's just guessing. Speaking of guessing, if you use Ninja, it 
leaves `.ninja` files in the binary directory, so if you haven't removed 
the directory directly, you might want to remove hidden files, too.

On 23.10.2017 14:21, Michael Powell wrote:
> HELP!
> 
> As the subject says, I renamed the project folder to a saner location
> (for me anyway), which is now causing CMake to complain about its
> "cache". Somehow or another it is stuck on the previous path.
> 
> This in spite of the fact I have CLEARED the out of place "build"
> location. The cache does indeed reflect the old path. In spite of the
> fact I am telling CMake the correct path where the source code is.
> 
> I am running v3.9.2 on Windows 7.
> 
> Muy frustrated! HELP!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael Powell
> 

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